PELAGIC SEALING. 

 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



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FUR-SEAL CATCH OF BRITISH COLUMBIA VESSELS IN 1898. 



The pelagic catch made by British Columbia vessels from the American fur-seal 

 herd iu 1898 was 28,142 skins; 10,74:6 were taken oflf the Northwest coast and 17,396 

 in Bering Sea. 



Vessels. 



Tons. 



Crews. 



Whites. Indians. 



Boats. 



Boats. Canoes. 



Catch. 



Northwest Coast. 



Male. Female. 



Bering Sea. 



Male. Female. 



Total. 



Abbie M. Deering . 



Ada 



Ainoko 



AUie 1. Algar 



Arietis 



Beatrice 



Carrie C.W 



C.D.Rand 



City of San Diego . 



Diana 



Director 



Dora Siewerd 



Doris 



Enterprise 



Favourite , 



Geneva 



Hatzic 



Ida Etta 



Libbie 



Mary Ellen 



Mary Taylor 



Mermaid 



Minnie 



Ocean Belle 



Ocean Rover 



Otto 



Penelope 



Pioneer 



Saucy Lass 



Teresa 



Umbrina 



Victoria 



Viva 



Walter L.Rich 



ZillahMay 



Catch by Indians in canoes. 



Total 



22 



2,553 



330 



10 



34 



6 



20 



6 



28 



6 



31 



?A 





7 



24 



6 



25 



8 



14 



29 





54 



80 

 402 



70 

 167 

 105 

 151 



97 



16 

 89 

 84 

 89 

 179 

 390 

 179 

 117 



204 



129 



200 



52 



123 



66 



79 



217 



102 



85 

 42 

 117 

 169 



144 

 95 



131 

 343 

 304 

 159 

 163 

 83 

 91 

 240 



14 

 220 



257 

 220 

 152 

 502 

 85 

 90 



147 

 338 

 165 

 148 

 61 

 69 

 242 

 430 



77 

 256 

 169 

 168 



8C 



59 



251 

 396 

 233 

 304 

 193 

 376 

 210 



109 

 155 

 654 

 1,004 

 191 

 143 

 441 



673 



92 



336 



4,093 



5,553 



7,595 



319 



274 



420 



203 

 126 



302 



211 

 125 

 167 



186 

 126 



438 

 201 



444 



361 



275 

 250 



317 

 188 



338 

 236 



116 



422 

 198 

 114 



468 

 860 

 160 

 271 

 144 

 414 

 295 



145 

 173 

 1,028 

 764 

 459 

 263 

 423 



9,348 



378 

 185 



1,117 

 706 

 643 

 581 

 657 

 242 

 961 

 327 

 30 



1,114 

 341 

 901 

 769 

 892 



1,024 

 641 



491 



276 



1, 257 



1,473 



664 



702 



485 



1,249 



1,037 



453 



416 



626 



1,968 



2,105 



650 



636 



1,045 



1,100 



28, 142 



Note. — To the above should be added the catch made by the American schooner Kale and Anna oif Point Conception, 

 California. This vessel took 336 seals south of the award area — 1 male and 335 females. 



The schooner Director took 360 seals off the Japan coast (201 males, 159 females) and 50 in vicinity of Commander 

 Islands (20 males, 30 females). 



The following table ' showing the pelagic seal catches made from the American 

 and Asiatic seal herds from 1868 to 1897 is inserted for general reference. It is 

 imperfect in many respects, the earlier records being incomplete, and the catches of 

 Japanese vessels during recent years not fully stated. 



' Treasury Document 2009, Division of Special Agents, pp. 25 et seq. 



